Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  knitted for me by Ruth '07? So, there's this report for 10.28 on the effect ... . Berka and the MISTI MIT-Germany program for getting me an internship in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  immediately. I was wrong (although I am better than last year, for sure). I ... . Anyway, you guys hang in there and try not to worry too much. For those of you who have applied EA, there's pretty much nothing for you to do but

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  was symmetrical in order to reduce the need for aligning multiple parts ... production of the cells. Bryan has been at the BPEC for six months and found ... . His UROP advice to prefrosh is to be open-minded when you're looking for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  Market for some necessities (i.e. Frosted Flakes). (Although it was kind of ... .) After this, I had to leave for field hockey practice. I knew I'd be gone most of the next day for field hockey, so I figured we'd have to wait a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a ... Science graduate and was looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to ... software for distance learning through an MIT iCampus project.

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  'm hoping for this one to be better. I'm happy that I seem to remember more of 5.112, the intro chemistry for masochists class that I took as a first ... final only counts for 20%! Today, we discussed how a neuron is like a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  argue. (Mark's second choice for most exciting was his PE class, Archery ... textbook, so he didn't even have to pay for a book!   Warren ... the Above. (And yes, the capital letters were critical for emphasis in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  , in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her ... th East alum who just moved to California and was back in town for the ... campus, we went to Chicago Pizza, just a few blocks away, for dinner.

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  prime fireworks watching location. 2. The Sailing Pavilion. For members of ... in) and the "Patriotic Sing-Along." The live canons for 1812 are always ... colors over the Kendall Square area. For another account of the July 4th

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  Killian Court. (For more on graduation, check out Matt's entry as well the official commencement page.) I'm really excited for this summer though. I ... a well-cooked meal. So summer has gotten off to a good start for me

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  mailed out on Friday!" It seems Mother Nature had other plans for me. I got ... making jokes about astrophysics," Kanamori said. For a little more than ... remember at this time of the year. No matter how things turn out for you when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  West. Plimoth Plantation, which is mostly closed for the season, was next ... answer my backlog of admissions-related questions. For a quick MIT fix ... pronunciation. For you admitted students, you should go check out the new admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  archery, dance, and sailing, all for slightly different reasons. Fire ... things do catch fire. And for every prop we spin and every move we try, we spend hours practicing it off fire before we try it on fire for the first

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  started at MIT, I’ve had a bunch of folks ask me for application advice ... admissions or read applications for a living (though I did ask someone who does ... . You’ve probably got important reasons for wanting to transfer. My

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  to attend the 9 am option for my physics lectures – which was ... ="at least for undergrads"]every single class at MIT[/annotation] that states ... , although you sometimes forget where you locked it up and for a split second

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  . The runners were going about the pace I’d shoot for in a three-mile race ... for a Green Line train, and were spat out in the middle of Allston. A ... my little sister will inspire me to go to more. I’ve found outlets for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  my friends, they pointed out to me that even if that is true for most readers, there might still be just one person, or one in a hundred, for whom ... , and this post is for you. During the semester, mired in work and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  for a ten day immersion into the epidemic. Taught by Dr. Bruce Walker ... . It doesn't take long for our heartbeats to naturally fall into sync ... for the future: "I'm going to finish the FRESH program and go to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  studying for the same tests. Your schedule is like the food trays in the ... , but focus more on technology for the developing world, you can do that ... take a break from the weird food analogy for now. (Sidenote: if by now

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  that I had to fear for my life, which was already beautifully covered by ... had to ask for the school to not put me in the lowest classes. Their ... think it would be better for him to start at the bottom and work his way

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016